Guangdong to go public with budget

GUANGZHOU - The southern province of Guangdong will this year make public its financial budget, which was once considered a State secret.

A document on how to improve government transparency in 2010, recently issued by the general office of the Guangdong government, stipulates that financial departments at all levels in the province are required to publicize their budgets so the public and media can better supervise spending.

It is the first time that a provincial-level administration has decided to release the previously secret document, and means Guangdong will be the first province to tell taxpayers how their money is spent.